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Grouse Mountain Debuts the Latest in Aerial Adventure New Skyride Surf Adventure to Launch on Friday (North Vancouver) As part of this year’s Summer of Flight, Grouse Mountain is thrilled to launch our brand new Skyride Surf Adventure. This unique experience allows guests to soar above the treetops and enjoy 360 degree views outside from a specially designed platform on the roof of the Skyride

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, with the rest of the results immediately following:Team Patty’s Girls is a combination of my sister, Silvie, and I. We've been baking together ever since our mom would let us use the oven, and have both taken up cake decorating as a hobby in our spare time. Our display this year “Canadian Woodland Christmas” required over 50 hours of work to complete, and involved pulling molten sugar into a tiny

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Seek The Peak is back for its 10th anniversary Welcoming new charity partner BC Cancer Foundation Who’s afraid of a few hills?Apparently not the 700+ participants already signed up to tackle 4,100 feet of elevation gain from Ambleside to the top of Grouse Mountain. Set for Saturday, June 15th, Seek The Peak presented by Columbia is going strong after 10 years. The number of registrants is up

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Grinder and Coola Serve as Art Inspiration for 'The Revenant' Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears, have had quite a few interesting credentials to their names over the years here at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife.  A new one we just found out about is their recent help for a local effects team working on the new movie 'The Revenant'.  In the movie there is a

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ecology, behavior and conservation and over the years they have helped us educate millions of visitors to Grouse Mountain that the term ‘big bad wolf’ is a misnomer.  Our oldest wolf Beta will be 15 years old this April. If we take the standard ‘1 dog to 7 human years’ conversion, that’s over 100 years old! According to David Mech, a well known wolf biologist, the average lifespan for refuge wolves is

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only makes sense to enjoy it on a daily basis!At Grouse Mountain, we know and love our outdoor pursuits. Since we’re just 20 minutes out of downtown and easily accessible by transit, we’re close by, too! Our Annual Local’s Pass makes visiting Grouse Mountain all year long a cost-effective way to enjoy everything we’ve got to offer at the Peak of Vancouver – and until May 31st, we’re offering a 2015

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, athletes who can complete a Grind in less than 45 minutes are encouraged to register for the 23rd annual Grouse Grind Mountain Run in an attempt to beat their personal best while challenging reigning record-holder Sebastian Salas who clocked in at a blazing 23:48 during last year’s race and has won five consecutive events since 2008. For participants who prefer a more leisurely pace, hikers of all ages

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first few months they grow quickly and by the time hibernation is over they are big enough to follow mom out of the den.Unfortunately shortly after leaving the den both Grinder and Coola were orphaned but fortunately we were able to rescue them and provide them with an amazing natural habitat in which to grow up - it's hard to believe it's been 15 years!Happy Bearthday Boys!

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Young Barn Swallows have now Fledged Getting Ready to Migrate! A little while ago we brought news that our Barn Swallow Web Camera was not going to work as planned this year.  This was because instead of using the nest that the camera was focused on, the Barn Swallows decided to literally 'nest on camera' and built a nest right on top of our webcam!!!They built the nest really quickly (out of mud

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Mountain during our most exciting time of year.”With early openings to the winter season a regular occurrence in recent years, Grouse Mountain has consistently had some of the longest seasons on record with skiing and riding continuing well into spring. Armed with the North Shore's largest snowmaking fleet, Grouse Mountain’s 2014/15 winter season is poised to be an exciting one with new night terrain on

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